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Utah tavern bonds.
$100 flat.
Utah’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) requires a tavern (on-premise beer retailer) to file a $5,000 compliance bond with its license. Ours is simply $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Liquor compliance bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit fields.
Pay & e-sign
Compliance bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with DABS
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your DABS tavern license application or renewal. Wet-ink original on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Utah tavern license authorizes on-premise retail sale of beer (5% ABV or less) for consumption at the licensed premises. It is a retail license under Title 32B, issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS), and must be backed by a $5,000 compliance bond.
The bond is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Utah through DABS (the obligee). It guarantees you follow the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and DABS rules and pay the taxes and fees you owe — if you don’t, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. For a tavern that follows the rules and pays on time, the bond is a license formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect credit information.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.